# Monkeypox homosexual spread Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/monkeypox-homosexual-spread Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/monkeypox-homosexual-spread.md Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784) Published: 2026-09-06T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG3407402526.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG3407402526.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/monkeypox-homosexual-spread Duration seconds: 1530 ## Resource Monkeypox WHO Reconsiders considering calling a Public Health Emergency https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/monkeypox-reaches-6000-globally-who-reconsiders-calling-2022a1001qnc?uac=127834AR&faf=1&sso=true&impID=4403342&src=mkm_ret_220707_mscpmrk_newsalertuk_int UK Level 2 Transmission within a defined sub-population with high number of close contacts. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monkeypox-outbreak-epidemiological-overview/monkeypox-outbreak-epidemiological-overview-5-july-2022 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monkeypox-outbreak-technical-briefings Monkeypox is a zoonotic infection Monkeypox virus Endemic in West and Central Africa UK, between 2018 and 2021 7 cases Epidemiological links to imported cases 4 were imported 2 were cases in household contacts 1 health care worker No documented community transmission until 6th May 2022 Outbreak mainly (96%) been in homosexual and bisexual men (without history of travel to endemic countries) Cases, history of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the last year (54.2%), and 10 or more sexual partners in the last 3 months (31.8%) Monkeypox is being transmitted in interconnected sexual networks that sustain STI transmission UK, up to 4 July 2022 1,351 laboratory confirmed cases (Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory,RIPL) 40 in Scotland 11 in Northern Ireland 15 in Wales 1,285 in England (77% in London) 6 confirmed cases in women Median age, 36 years (interquartile range 31 to 43) Monkeypox outbreak: vaccination strategy https://www.gov.uk/guidance/monkeypox-outbreak-vaccination-strategy Smallpox Modified Vaccinia Ankara – Bavarian Nordic For pre and post exposure The committee Using markers of high-risk behaviour, Similar to those used to assess eligibility for HIV pre-exposure pr… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/monkeypox-homosexual-spread/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/monkeypox-homosexual-spread.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.